Tuareg rebellion (2012): 2012 coup Internal conflict in Azawad: Foreign intervention: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Between March 15 and 16, 2021, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara fighters clashed with Malian and French troops over control of a Malian military base near the town of Tessit, with ISGS jihadists overrunning the coalition.

The attack on the military base began around midday on March 15, and was carried out by around 100 fighters on motorcycles and pickups.

[2] Following the news of the attack, two helicopters from Operation Barkhane departed towards the base, although the jihadists dispersed whenever the French forces arrived.

[4] The day after the attack on the military base, Barkhane forces carried out airstrikes on ISGS positions.

[1] On March 17, the Malian government stated 33 soldiers were killed and 17 were injured, and the bodies of twenty jihadists were discovered near the ruins of the base.